Evaluation of the Sector Policy Support Programme "Promoting mutual trade by removing technical barriers to trade between Ukraine and the European Union"
The generic purpose of the evaluation is to identify key lessons and to produce recommendations to improve current and inform future choices on the sector reform contracts in Ukraine and on the cooperation between the EU in Ukraine in the sphere of the removal of technical barriers in the trade in industrial goods. The specific purpose for undertaking this evaluation is three-fold:
- To evaluate the TBT SBS according to the standard OECD criteria;
- Provide well-grounded evidence on the following issues:
extent to which the Budget Support aid modality is relevant and efficient to steer transition process in the largest ENP country like Ukraine, considering its political, administrative and economic background;
extent to which the sector reform contract as an aid delivery method provided an added value in terms of effectiveness and efficiency in comparison with project approach;
extent to which the TBT SBS enabled the Government of Ukraine to implement the relevant sector strategy and to enhance the efficiency and effectiveness of the policies in the sphere of manufacturing and circulation of industrial products;
extent to which TBT SBS in Ukraine contributed to achieve sustainable results in the removal of TBT between the EU and Ukraine;
extent of which the TBT SBS indicators were chosen appropriately and were backed by reliable data;
- Study of the effects of EU-funded cooperation in the area of technical barriers to trade on the business climate in Ukraine and of the perceptions by the business community of the reforms supported by the TBT SBS and other EU-funded programmes on the subject.
